Natural Relief for Upset Stomach

I always believe that natural food is better than medical pills, so since i get stomachache quite often, i gave approve to all the following natural foods for relieving upset stomach :) 

-Caraway-

caraway is very popularly used on bbq in western and northern China. recent studies have shown that when taking with peppermint, as much as 95 percent of people suffering from dyspepsia experienced improvement in symptoms.

-Peppermint-

peppermint is a well-known multiple symptom relief, like stomach and cold. peppermint and other members of the same plant family, including spearmint, were used to treat upset stomachs in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. The compounds menthol and menthone in peppermint may inhibit smooth muscle contractions, reducing gastrointestinal spasms. 

-Ginger-

When i was young and still live in boarding school for elementary school, the teachers would let us drink ginger soup after a raining day of road trip. in traditional Chinese medical theories, when you catch a cold, there is a literally a coldness within your body, and ginger is "warm food", and eating ginger related food can remove this coldness and so to prevent catching a cold. same thing goes with stomach. according to traditional Chinese medical theories, women are easier to get stomachache because stomachache is caused by a coldness within stomach and women, while representing the "Yin" in taoism, have a body of coldness while men have a body of warmness. So when women, whose original type is cold, eat something that's a "cold food", their body would not be able to handle it and to have a severe stomachache. There are various of lists of food that is "cold" and "warm", if you are interested in taoism and traditional Chinese meditation, you will find this making a perfect sense. basically, our body is like a Tai Qi in Tao, that has both Yin and Yang, and we have to keep it balanced. 

-Baking Soda-

Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a common home remedy for indigestion by balancing pH level in stomach. we all know that stomach releases acid to digest food and sometimes it may lose control of when to release this acid and how much of the acid should be released due to alcohol overdose, vomit, or bad eating habits. the natural way to help with this is to rebalance the pH level and find something basic to balance the acidic. there are a full list of food that you can find online that's basic and/or acidic. apple is one of the most common basic food, and my personal favorite natural medicine for stomach pH rebalance. If you really can't find anything basic to eat or stomach medicine nearby, drinking lots of warm water can also work.

 -Banana-

Banana is not my favorite but it helps with digestion. Of course, if you're already having a diarrhea, banana should be avoided. the same goes to milk. Warm milk can help relaxing stomach muscles but when your digesting system is already overworking itself, you don't want to push it further. note that both banana and milk can not to be eaten with seafood, like crabs, or you might facing another different stomachache.

-Cinnamon-

some studies show that, when mixed with other herbs such as ginger, cinnamon can be effective in reducing dyspeptic symptoms. so what i say? starting to make your cinnamon ginger bread cookies next time when you have stomachache :)